14-bit MIDI and the VCI-100
Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 36
  1. #1
    Tech Guru
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    West Coast, United States
    Posts
    631

    Default 14-bit MIDI and the VCI-100

    For all you tech-heads out there, my latest burning question is whether or not we may be able to develop a firmware flash for the VCI-100 that gets it to send 14 bit midi on the jogs and pitch faders. My hunch is that it's not possible owing to the hardware, but I've seen the DJTT community pull off a lot of amazing stunts, so...
    (Dreaming of crystalline super-precise articulated scratches on the controller that's got it all. Well, almost.)
    MacBook 2.4GHz, 6GB, Traktor Pro, Ableton Live, Bomes MT, Audio Kontrol 1, Vestax VCI-100 SE Custom, M-Audio Axiom 25, Akai APC40, NI Maschine, 2x Midi Fighters (c/o DJ TechTools - Thanks!!)

    Mixcloud DJ Sets

  2. #2
    Dr. Bento BentoSan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    Perth, Australia
    Posts
    6,383

    Default

    Reverse engineering the firmware is one way, another way would be to pray to god that the 1.4 firmware contains 14bit midi !

    Yes... i said v 1.4

  3. #3

    Default

    Can someone explain what 14 bit midi is, or point me in the right direction .. i'm new to all this.

    Cheers
    Gav

  4. #4
    Dr. Bento BentoSan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    Perth, Australia
    Posts
    6,383

    Default

    14 bit midi is basicly using 2 midi messages instead of one, the two messages form a single message which is the range ends up being about 0 - > 16000 while standard midi only has a range between 0 -> 127.

    The result is that 14bit midi is alot more accurate.

  5. #5

    Default

    wow ... amazing !!! and theres a chance of this happeing in 1.4 then ?

  6. #6
    DJTT Super Moderator midifidler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco
    Posts
    1,902

    Default

    I think that that is the most obvious improvement for the VCI-100 so I would be suprised if it didnt.

  7. #7
    Tech Mentor Jo3's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    NW UK
    Posts
    457

    Default

    If/when v1.4 is released would the current firmware upgrade kit allow you to flash to 1.4 or would a new piece of kit be available?

  8. #8

    Default

    Its still the same unit so no reason why the existing kit could not upgrade the firmware as its just a way of connecting to the machine and the firmware is just software blasted to the hardware.

  9. #9
    Tech Mentor Jo3's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    NW UK
    Posts
    457

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by MisterMoleyMole View Post
    Its still the same unit so no reason why the existing kit could not upgrade the firmware as its just a way of connecting to the machine and the firmware is just software blasted to the hardware.
    Thanks for the quik reply! I can't wait until the kit is back in stock

  10. #10
    DJTT Super Moderator midifidler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    San Francisco
    Posts
    1,902

    Default

    I'm working on the next batch of update kits with Ean, hopefully wont be to far off.

Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •